Display rack or case.



No. 757,643. PATENTED APB.-19, 1904. 0. n. ALLEN.

DISPLAY RACK 0R CASE.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 19, 1904.

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- DISPLAY RACK R CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 757,643, dated. April 19, 1904. Application'filed June 30,1903 Serial No. 163,603. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES DAVIS ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma, in the county of Oklahoma and'T-erritory of Oklahoma, have invented anew and.

useful Display Rack or Case, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for displaying goods of various kinds in stores and. in similar localities, and has for its objects more particularly to produce a device whereby a portion of each of a plurality of bolts or other forms of material or goods may be independently displayed and in position to be independently supported in a vertical position independently removedv or deposited without disturbing or disarranging the remainder of the goods; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative ofthe invention,

in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device applied. Fig. 2is a vertical transverse sectional elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view, enlarged, of a portion of the device, illustratingthe construction; Fig. 4; is a side view in section on the line A 4: of Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are views similar to Figs. 3 and 4, illustrating a modification in the construction, Fig. 6 being taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

The improved device may be adapted for the display of various forms of goods in stores, but is more particularly adapted to the display, of goods put up in uniform shapesuch as bolts or reels of laces, trimmings, and the likewhere a portion only of each package is required to be displayed and in such position as to provide for the removal or insertion of any individual bolt without disturbing or handling any other bolt.

The improved device may be constructed of any size and adapted to support for display any size or form of goods, but for the purpose of illustration is shown adapted to display a plurality of bolts of goods, such as laces or trimmings, to which it ismore. particularly adapted, and will be preferably inclosed in a casing 10, having transparent sides 11, or of show-case form, as shown. I The improved device consists of a lower inclined support 12, having a plurality of spaced longitudinal recesses, formed by spaced division plates or slats 13, to receive and support the lower ends of the bolts or reels of goods, (represented by dotted lines at. 14.) The recesses are thus arranged in step-like order, so that when goods of the same general length arepositioned thereon, as shown, a portion of the upper end of each will be exposed to view, as will be obvious.

The upper ends of the bolts of goods are by a plurality of spaced slats or rods 15, disposed in substantial vertical alinement above the recesses and preferably in a correspondingly-inclined position, as shown.

The lower support will preferably be doublesided, with two corresponding setsof the division-bars 15, as shown, so that the goods may beviewed from both sides of the iuclosing casing.

The slats or rods 15 are supported at their ends by inclined bars 16, suitably sustained in the casing 10. The rods or bars 15 may also be arranged for longitudinal adjustment upon the supporting members to regulate the distances between them to adapt the device to bolts of goods of varying thicknesses.

In Figs. 1, 3, and4' the members 16 are shown provided with longitudinal slots, through which set-screws 17 are tapped into the rods or bars to provide for the requisite adjustment, while in Figs. 5' and 6 the members 16 are in the form of rods and the members 15 provided with sleeves or collars 18, slidably disposed upon the rods and adapted to be secured at any desired point thereon, as .by setscrews 19; but either form of adjustment may be employed without departing from the principle of invention. The members 16 may likewise be disposed to swing upon couplings 20 upon supporting-posts 21,as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and be maintained in place by set screws 22-, as certain sizes or forms of goods may require such adjustments to properly support and display them. All of these various adjustments and modifications may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

The casing may be of any size and of any suitable material and may be in any fanciful design and ornamented in any desired manner. The cover portion (represented at 23) may be formed to swing open upwardly or the sides may be hinged to swing open, a may be required. a

The slats might be arranged for adjustment relative to the supports 16 by forming transverse slats in the bars and reversing the positions of the clamp-bolts 17 but it is obvious this would be a mere variation in the fastening means which would not be a departure from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A display-rack consisting of an inclined lower support provided with a plurality of spaced recesses disposed in step-like order,

spaced recesses disposed in step-like order, upper supports spaced above the ends of said lower supports and inclined to correspond therewith, spaced rods or slats disposed upon said-inclined upper supports in substantial Vertical alinement above the recesses in said lower support, and means for adjusting said rods or slat-s to Vary the distances between them, substantially as specified.

- 3. A display-rack consisting of a gableshaped supporting-frame having a plurality of longitudinally arranged, vertically disposed, laterally-spaced slats secured to the opposite sides of said frame to form slot-like stepped recesses, and a gable-shaped skeleton frame supported above said first-mentioned frame and having a plurality of longitudinally-arranged laterally-spaced division members connecting the members of said frame and disposed to form slot-like spaces therebetween in vertical alinement above said slotlike recesses of the lower supporting-frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES DAVIS ALLEN. 

